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href="/news/newsroom/press-releases/2008/psorule.html">Final Rule Issued for Patient Safety Organizations</a></td> </tr><tr valign="top"> <td scope="row" align="right">11/18/08</td> <td><a href="/news/newsroom/press-releases/2008/barsurg.html">Some Pregnancy-related Complications Minimized for Women Who Have Had Weight-loss Surgery</a></td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td scope="row" align="right">11/13/08</td> <td><a href="/news/newsroom/press-releases/2008/qualmeas.html">New Inventory of HHS Quality Measures Released to Improve Public- and Private-Sector Performance Measurement Efforts</a></td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td scope="row" align="right">10/31/08</td> <td><a href="/news/newsroom/press-releases/2008/nac1031.html">AHRQ National Advisory Council To Meet November 7</a></td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td scope="row" align="right">10/21/08</td> <td><a href="/news/newsroom/press-releases/2008/childunins.html">More than 2 Million Children with Insured Parents Are Uninsured; Most Are Low or Middle Income</a></td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td scope="row" align="right">10/8/08</td> <td><a href="/news/newsroom/press-releases/2008/psointerim.html">HHS Issues Interim Guidance For Patient Safety Organizations</a></td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td scope="row" align="right">10/7/08</td> <td><a href="/news/newsroom/press-releases/2008/colcanscr.htm1">Task Force Finds Several Methods Equally Effective for Colorectal Cancer Screening</a></td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td scope="row" align="right">10/1/08</td> <td><a href="/news/newsroom/press-releases/2008/clabi.html">AHRQ Awards $3 Million To Help Reduce Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infections in Hospital ICUs</a></td> </tr><tr valign="top"> <td scope="row" align="right">9/29/08</td> <td><a href="/news/newsroom/press-releases/2008/chweight.html">Behavioral Modification Programs Help Obese Children Manage Their Weight</a></td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td align="right" scope="row">9/22/08</td> <td><a href="/news/newsroom/press-releases/2008/gtestbrc.html">New Computer-Based Tools Will Help Make Best Use of Genetic Breast Cancer Tests</a></td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td scope="row" align="right">9/22/08</td> <td><a href="/news/newsroom/press-releases/2008/healthfinder.html">Improved healthfinder.gov Makes Health Information Quicker and Easier to Use</a></td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td scope="row" align="right">9/15/08</td> <td><a href="/news/newsroom/press-releases/2008/modins.html">Modified Insulin Most Effective For Controlling Post-Meal Blood Sugar Levels</a></td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td scope="row" width="12%" align="right">9/15/08</td> <td width="88%"><a href="/news/newsroom/press-releases/2008/blclots.html">AHRQ Releases Two New Resources to Help Consumers and Clinicians Prevent Dangerous Blood Clots</a></td> </tr><tr valign="top"> <td scope="row" width="12%" align="right">8/20/08</td> <td width="88%"><a href="/news/newsroom/press-releases/2008/drillelem.html">New AHRQ Tool Helps Hospitals Evaluate Disaster Drills</a></td> </tr><tr valign="top"> <td scope="row" width="12%" align="right">8/4/08</td> <td width="88%"><a href="/news/newsroom/press-releases/2008/tfproscan.html">Task Force Says Men Age 75 and Older Should Not Be Screened for Prostate Cancer</a></td> </tr><tr valign="top"> <td scope="row" width="12%" align="right">7/28/08</td> <td width="88%"><a href="/news/newsroom/press-releases/2008/surgerr.html">New AHRQ Study Finds Surgical Errors Cost Nearly $1.5 Billion Annually</a></td> </tr><tr valign="top"> <td scope="row" width="12%" align="right">7/18/08</td> <td width="88%"><a href="/news/newsroom/press-releases/2008/nac0725.html">AHRQ National Advisory Council to Meet July 25</a></td> </tr><tr valign="top"> <td scope="row" width="12%" align="right">7/15/08</td> <td width="88%"><a href="/news/newsroom/press-releases/2008/ppip50.html">AHRQ and AARP Team to Help Adults over 50 Stay Healthy</a></td> </tr><tr valign="top"> <td scope="row" width="12%" align="right">7/8/08</td> <td width="88%"><a href="/news/newsroom/press-releases/2008/hhcflu.html">Report Offers Resources for Home Health Care Response During a Flu Pandemic</a></td> </tr><tr valign="top"> <td scope="row" width="12%" align="right">7/3/08</td> <td width="88%"><a href="/news/newsroom/press-releases/2008/newbhr.html">Task Force Recommends Screening for Hearing Loss in All Newborns</a></td> </tr><tr valign="top"> <td scope="row" width="12%" align="right">6/18/08</td> <td width="88%"><a href="/news/newsroom/press-releases/2008/diabguide.html">New Spanish-language Consumer Guide Compares Oral Diabetes Medications</a></td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td scope="row" align="right">5/22/08</td> <td><a href="/news/newsroom/press-releases/2008/warfarin.html">AHRQ Announces Guide to Help Patients on Coumadin®/Warfarin Therapy</a></td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td scope="row" width="12%" align="right">5/7/08</td> <td width="88%"><a href="/news/newsroom/press-releases/2008/tobupdate.html">New Evidence Provides Clinicians with Better Tools To Help Smokers Quit</a></td> </tr><tr valign="top"> <td scope="row" width="12%" align="right">4/21/08</td> <td width="88%"><a href="/news/newsroom/press-releases/2008/realmen.html">AHRQ and Ad Council Encourage Men To Take Preventive Steps in Their Health Care</a></td> </tr><tr valign="top"> <td scope="row" width="12%" align="right">4/14/08</td> <td width="88%"><a href="/news/newsroom/press-releases/2008/innovations.html">AHRQ Web Resource Features 100 Examples of Health Care Innovations and Tools</a></td> </tr><tr valign="top"> <td scope="row" width="12%" align="right">4/2/08</td> <td width="88%"><a href="/news/newsroom/press-releases/2008/nac0404.html">AHRQ National Advisory Council To Meet April 4</a></td> </tr><tr valign="top"> <td scope="row" width="12%" align="right">3/26/08</td> <td width="88%"><a href="/news/newsroom/press-releases/2008/snapshot07.html">AHRQ'S 2007 State Snapshots Provide Broader Portraits of State-by-State Health Care Performance</a></td> </tr><tr valign="top"> <td scope="row" width="12%" align="right">3/17/08</td> <td width="88%"><a href="/news/newsroom/press-releases/2008/nac08mem.html">HHS Secretary Appoints New Members to AHRQ National Advisory Council</a></td> </tr><tr valign="top"> <td scope="row" width="12%" align="right">3/13/08</td> <td width="88%"><a href="/news/newsroom/press-releases/2008/clindesc.html">AHRQ Awards $5 Million To Help Integrate Clinical Decision Support Technologies into Health Care Delivery</a></td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td scope="row" width="12%" align="right">3/12/08</td> <td width="88%"><a href="/news/newsroom/press-releases/2008/superhero.html">AHRQ and Ad Council Encourage Hispanics to Become More Involved in Their Health Care</a></td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td scope="row" width="12%" align="right">3/5/08</td> <td width="88%"><a href="/news/newsroom/press-releases/2008/tfmembers.html">AHRQ Announces New Members to U.S. Preventive Services Task Force</a></td> </tr><tr valign="top"> <td scope="row" width="12%" align="right">3/3/08</td> <td width="88%"><a href="/news/newsroom/press-releases/2008/tfcopd.html">Task Force Recommends Against Screening for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Using Spirometry</a></td> </tr><tr valign="top"> <td scope="row" width="12%" align="right">3/3/08</td> <td width="88%"><a href="/news/newsroom/press-releases/2008/qrdr07.html">Modest Health Care Quality Gains Outpaced by Spending</a></td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td scope="row" width="12%" align="right">2/12/08</td> <td width="88%"><a href="http://www.hhs.gov/news/press/2008pres/02/20080212a.html">New Patient Safety Proposed Regulation Aims to Improve Health Care Quality and Patient Safety</a></td> </tr><tr valign="top"> <td scope="row" width="12%" align="right">2/4/08</td> <td width="88%"><a href="/news/newsroom/press-releases/2008/effproscan.html">Outcomes Vary for Prostate Cancer Patients Choosing Surgery; Overall, No Treatment Proven Superior</a></td> </tr><tr valign="top"> <td scope="row" width="12%" align="right">1/15/08</td> <td width="88%"><a href="/news/newsroom/press-releases/2008/consfinc.html">AHRQ Releases Consumer Financial Incentives Guide for Employers and Other Health Care Purchasers</a></td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td scope="row" width="12%" align="right">1/9/08</td> <td width="88%"><a href="/news/newsroom/press-releases/2008/errepsys.html">Physicians Want To Learn from Medical Mistakes but Say Current Error-reporting Systems Are Inadequate</a></td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td scope="row" width="12%" align="right">1/1/08</td> <td width="88%"><a href="/news/newsroom/press-releases/2008/opioiddisp.html">Blacks, Hispanics and Other Groups Less Likely To Get Strong Pain Medications in Hospital Emergency Departments</a></td> </tr> </table> <p> </p> <p><a href="/news/press/press09.htm">2009</a> / 2008 / <a href="/news/press/press07.htm">2007</a> / <a 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